According to the U.S. Department of Labor, geospatial technologies is one of the most important high-growth industries. From mobile apps to spatial modeling and visualization, the development and use of geospatial tools and techniques is a major Institute research focus.

We use maps to synthesize and analyze spatial relationships. We routinely extract information from maps and use maps to show how different facets of our work are connected to one another, and communicate the results of our work with others.